For over a decade Maria and Jose Perez have served delicious Mexican eats from their Main Street restaurant, Las Milpas.

Located in Woodland at 534 Main St., Las Milpas almost feels hidden in plain sight. Businesses with protruding signage on each side of the restaurant make it easy to miss this place.

Inside, paintings of smiling women making tortillas and men playing Spanish guitars hang on bright green walls. The restaurant’s wall color represents its name, which translates to cornfield.

The family-owned eatery offers dishes priced at $11.99 or less. From tacos to seafood or burritos, Las Milpas covers all grounds for those with a Mexican food craving.

Q: Describe your restaurant’s atmosphere.

M: We painted green because the cornfields are green. The pictures are of people making tortillas like in Las Milpas.

Q: What’s your specialty?

M: We have a lot of choices, but we specialize in homemade tortillas because Las Milpas is a corn area. We sell them to our customers.

J: What’s special is on the weekends we serve menudo and pozole.

Q: Why do you serve Mexican food?

M: Because it’s our specialty and we’re both from Jalisco, Mexico.

Q: Do you have previous restaurant experience?

M: Yes, in Yuba City we started with a deli. We closed the deli because we wanted to serve Mexican food because that’s our specialty.

Q: Why did you pick this location?

M: We were living in Yuba and looking for a restaurant in the town of Woodland. We liked this place and we liked the downtown area. But we were living in Yuba and commuting to Woodland for nine years. We sold our home in Yuba and moved to Woodland a few years ago.

Q: How many people does Las Milpas seat?

M: I think maybe 25.

Q: Do you serve alcohol?

M: Right now, no. But maybe in the future. We were looking into it, but for now no.

Q: When are you busiest?

M: Our busy days are usually Friday, Saturday and Sunday and a lot more families come in.

Q: What’s the menu’s price range?

M: People spend sometimes maybe $10 or $15.

Q: What else should people know about Las Milpas?

M: Everyone is welcome anytime. We’re a small restaurant but everything is homemade and you can come and try.

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Jenice Tupolo is a staff writer at The Daily Democrat. She graduated from Chico State University in May 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. She enjoys eating, watching Netflix and sleeping on her new mattress topper. Reach the author at jtupolo@dailydemocrat.com
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